UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):   December 22, 2003

CBRL GROUP, INC.

           

Tennessee

0-25225

      

        62-1749513

(State or Other Jurisdiction

       (Commission File Number)

    (I.R.S. Employer

      of Incorporation)

       

 

     

               Identification No.)

305 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087

 (615) 444-5533

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Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)

Financial Statements.  None

(b)

Pro Forma Financial Information.  None

(c)       Exhibits.  

99.1  Press Release dated December 22, 2003.

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

The following information is being furnished pursuant to Item 9 of Form 8-K.

On December 22, 2003, CBRL Group, Inc. issued the press release that is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which by this reference is incorporated herein as if copied verbatim, with respect to its declaration of a cash dividend of eleven cents per share, payable on February 9, 2004 to shareholders of record as of January 16, 2004.  

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  December 22, 2003

CBRL GROUP, INC.

By:____/s/ James F. Blackstock_____

Name: James F. Blackstock

                               

Title:  

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary

CBRL Group, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

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December 22, 2003

[CBRL]

[EXHIBIT 99.1]

Contact:

Lawrence E. White

Senior Vice President,

Finance and Chief Financial Officer

615-444-5533

CBRL GROUP, INC. DECLARES ELEVEN CENTS PER SHARE QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

Lebanon, TN (December 22, 2003) – CBRL Group, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CBRL) today declared a dividend to common shareholders of eleven cents per share, payable on February 9, 2004 to shareholders of record as of January 16, 2004.

Headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, CBRL Group, Inc. presently operates 486 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants and gift shops located in 41 states and 101 company-operated and 17 franchised Logan’s Roadhouse restaurants in 17 states.